File RAS GOV4/331 - Letter from Richard Clarke to James Cosmo Melvill, 5 July 1854

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GB 891 RAS GOV4-RAS GOV4/331

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Letter from Richard Clarke to James Cosmo Melvill, 5 July 1854

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  • 5th Jul 1854 (Creation)

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(1823-)

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The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland was founded by the eminent Sanskrit scholar Sir Henry Thomas Colebrooke on the 15th March 1823. It received its Royal Charter from King George IV on the 11th August 1824 'for the investigation ofread more

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Letter from Richard Clarke, Secretary, to James Cosmo Melvill, Secretary, East India Company, to send 100 copies of a paper by H.H. Wilson, Director, entitled 'On the supposed Vaidick authority for the burning of Hindu widows' for distribution in India. (read more

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  • English

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